Though the adventures of young Miss Courtney Crumrin have come to an end with the previous release of COURTNEY CRUMRIN: THE FINAL SPELL, it doesn’t mean that there aren’t plenty of other stories to the Crumrin universe. The newest volume, TALES OF A WARLOCK, further explores the dark corners of the magical world, this time featuring Courtney’s uncle Aloysius in his younger days as a wizard. Exploding with political intrigue, shadowy secrets, and of course, a heaping amount of magic, this is the series for fans who are interested in a more adult take on Courtney Crumrin. That’s not to say that just because the previous volumes focused on a pre-teen protagonist that they were any less appealing (earning itself the coveted ‘all-ages’ tag vs. the limiting ‘young reader’), but it’s welcome insight into the enemies that Aloysius hinted throughout the series as well as a fun peak into his early life.

New York-area fans of the incomparable Dick Miller will want to clear their schedules for April 3-12, when the cult-fave star will appear as part of a major retrospective of his work at Anthology Film Archives, which FANGORIA is also taking part in.

World-premiering at this month’s SXSW Film Festival, writer/director Mickey Keating’s POD is a survival-horror movie set in the frozen climes of Maine. Read on for some words from Keating and a couple of video clips.

We all know the story of the Bates Motel and it’s strange dark secrets. We also know about that shy, man-child living up in that big ole dark house high on the hill just behind the motel. But how much do we actually know about him; this introverted, somber, effete painfully meek odd man? Well, now, with BATES MOTEL, we may think we know Norman Bates in and out, but horror director Mick Garris had the pleasure of bringing Norman Bates’s back story to the small screen first with his vibrantly lit and nicely plotted film PSYCHO IV. He also remembers star Anthony Perkins’s complex nature and attitude towards the film, working with the likes of Olivia Hussey and Henry Thomas, and applying masterful artistic designs on a made-for-TV film…

The next couple of months see the release of a batch of exciting frightshows, and FANGORIA #341 is stuffed full of coverage of ’em; read on for the first look at the cover and info on what you’ll find inside.

What is it about the anthology format that sings a siren’s call to so many aspiring horror filmmakers, plumping their imaginations and then luring their visions to sit in bite-sized confines? Despite having only a handful of truly classic examples to lionize, there is no shortage of independent attempts at reviving a storytelling structure longsince fallen out of fashion in the studio system. Canadian indie LATE NIGHT DOUBLE FEATURE is the one of the latest darts flung hopefully towards a bulls-eye occupied by the finest of episodic frights: TRILOGY OF TERROR, TALES FROM THE CRYPT (the Amicus picture), CREEPSHOW, TRICK ‘R TREAT, and precious few others.

Not long ago, we were blessed with a pretty stocked Cult Epics Blu-ray of German filmmaker Jörg Buttgereit’s infamous NEKROMANTIK (review), which made the world ill upon its 1987 arrival and rightfully retains its notoriety. Having acquired more experience behind the camera and further fascination with those who prefer sex with the dead after reading an interview with a female necrophile, Buttgereit decided a sequel would be a worthwhile endeavor.

In correlation with FANGORIA’s prior coverage of Edmonton-based independent film collective the House of Heathens’ love letter to the long-lost beloved video store days of the ‘80s and ‘90s, FANGORIA has followed up with Head Heathens Cody Kenny and Timothy Rutherford in the wake of wrapping their upcoming Storyhive project STRAIGHT TO VIDEO: A B-MOVIE ODYSSEY.

With only 24 hours left to vote in the 22nd edition of the FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards, FANGORIA has tried to give every nominee their day in the sun. Yet at the end of the day, each nominee is only as strong as the fans who have seen them, and in this regards, some truly special work has gone unnoticed. However, for the first time ever, FANGORIA gave our nominees the opportunity this year to campaign actively here on FANGORIA.com to state their case for their film or performance, and the good folks from XLrator Media responded in a big way to rally behind their nominee, Gerard Johnstone’s HOUSEBOUND!

Though the sentiment in the horror community has been unsurprisingly negative towards the idea of another TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE movie following the dreadful (yet successful) TEXAS CHAINSAW 3D, the idea that the supremely talented Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo will be guiding the film is always somewhat of a reassurance. But even that aspect haven’t stopped fans from rallying against a Leatherface origin story; after all, wasn’t the character at his scariest when the closest thing we had to backstory was a shot of a big metal door? Nevertheless, the show is still going on, and now, according to The Wrap, Bustillo and Maury may have found the most infamous member of the Sawyer clan.